The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-03

Seth Allen, Ed. Phillips and Frank Mil
lington, with families, are rusticating at Lake
Park.
The Woman's Mission Society Of the
Convey Hill church, will hold a lawn social at
the residence of VIM. Markillie on Friday
evening, August 9th. Cake and ice cream
will be served.
The Waverly ball club were to have played
the Paw Paw second nine last Saturday.
Our boys got into their batting clothes
and ready for the fray, but the Waverlys
failed To materialize.
The kalamazoo Telegraph has manifested
a commendable degree of enterprise by get
ting out an elegant, illustrated, twenty page
edition, the finest thing of the kind that has
ever come under our observation.
The following letters remained uncalled
for in the Paw Paw postofiice for the week
ending August LIST Mrs. Mary Blanchard
Mr.. Xilbedee Cook, Mrs. Annie McNess, f.
ID. Pierce Ralph w. Towne. Lewis White
head.
The Bangor Reflector says that Horton, the
barber, lived in the burned barber-shop and
that Mrs. Horton, who was sick in bed. had
to be carried out. The Reflector was away
OF. Nobody lived in the burned building
and, OF course, nobody had to be carried out
of it. Mrs. Horton was i'll, but their resi-
dence was not near enough to the fire to be
endangered i'll the least
Hubbard made his first appearance in this
place in the character of Z" Polly Cook on
Monday evening last, and made most fiat
tering impression on the small audience that
was present. polly was got up in a most
bewitching and decidedly French manner
The performance will be repeated on Satur-
day evening next with little or no change OF
programme, place not yet decided on. Covert
~ Shefer, managers.
Mrs. George Harris of Groton, Dakota
formerly Miss Viola Jones of this place
writes that there has been SO much rain there
all the season that it has been difficult fol
farmers to do their work. Ii is consoling tC
know that while we are suffering from the
worst drouth ever known, some people art
! having an abundance of rain. Mrs. Harris
has been visiting Charles Flanders people
and reports them as prospecting finely anC
well satisfied with their situation.
The Oldest inhabitant does not remembe
| SO prolonged spell of hot, dry weather al
we have experienced this summer. As pro
tracted drouths have, perhaps, occasionall,
occurred, but not coupled with so much in
tense heat. No rain of any consequence ha
fallen since July 4th, and the days when th
mercury has not reached 900 have been few
and far between and often in has been abov
100 .. Corn, potatoes and other summe
crops are badly injured Some farmers ar
cutting up their corn for feed. the pasture
! being almost entirely dead. II is already to-
! late Ton rain to save the corn crop, and Their
is little prospect that we shall get any a
present
The Bangor Reflector rises to remark tina
| it thinks the common council of its netiv
village acted unwisely in refusing TO remi
the polltax of the members of the Bango
fire department. 1t does look little smal
on the part of the "village dads TO refuse 8
slight an acknowledgment of the services O
men who. as good firemen, are always read
10 do their duty and spend their time, nigh
or day. without remuneration. Perhaps
the aforesaid dads should carefully rea
sections 3,022 and 3,0S2, Howell's Annotate
Statutes, they would change their minds
At all events, if the members of the fire CON
pany get onto the law above referred t.
they will be quite apt to refuse payment c
poll-taX, dads or no dads.